I'm working on a side project right now that tries to address the issues we have with monetizing content and creatives at the moment. Ad revenue as we've seen w

I'm working on a side project right now that tries to address the issues we have with monetizing content and creatives at the moment. Ad revenue as we've seen with Youtube and countless other platforms simply isn't viable at scale. You have to play too safe to not associate your brand with any controversy, it degrades the user experience, and it means creatives have to walk on a tightrope not to get demonetized. Patreon is probably the best current system that's out there, but it doesn't provide a good way to get eyes on the content. I'm trying to create an open source reddit meets patreon system, with the model described by this interactive prototype: https://syd.jjcm.org/soci/ https://syd.jjcm.org/soci/ I've got the frontend sorted, an API fully specced out, and some rough backend code created, but I'll be honest in that I'm not a backend guy so I could use some help. If anyone is interested in trying to solve the problem send me a message at j@jjcm.org. I've got an active job ad in the who's hiring page with more details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20331491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20331491 I'd also be open to just paying someone remote to help out. At the end of the day I just want there to be a better system available for creatives.